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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security to be discussed by OSCE foreign ministers, media freedom on agenda, says Chairperson
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
VILNIUS, 5 December 2011 – Foreign ministers and high-level representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States will meet in Vilnius tomorrow to discuss progress on pressing security challenges and take decisions to chart the way ahead.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media briefs journalists at Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 6 December 2011
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, spoke to journalists during the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius on 6 December 2011. Audio recording of the briefing
OSCE media representative urges Russian authorities not to harass journalists covering protests
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 9 December 2011-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, urged today Russian authorities to protect journalists reporting from the scene of street protests from detention and police harassment...
No security without free media, says OSCE media freedom representative at digital freedom conference
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
What we do: Media freedom on the internet
Speaking at the conference “Freedom Online” in the Hague on 9 December 2011, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, emphasized the obligation of governments to ensure freedom of the Internet, including giving citizens unrestricted access to multiple sources of information...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for urgent measures to improve media freedom situation in Turkey
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
What we do: Media freedom on the internet, Safety of journalists
Location: Türkiye
ANKARA, 15 December 2011- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, discussed today with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu media freedom situation in the country, in particular imprisonment of journalists and Internet restrictions...
OSCE media representative alarmed by killing of Russian journalist, calls for action to protect media professionals
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 16 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the killing of journalist Khadzhimurad Kamalov in Russia’s southern republic of Daghestan and urged the authorities to ensure the safety of all media professionals working in the region...
OSCE media freedom representative asks for justification of mass arrests of journalists in Turkey
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Türkiye
VIENNA, 20 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said she was alarmed by the mass arrests of journalists in Turkey today and called for swift investigations...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Constitutional Court decision in Hungary, concerned over silencing of independent radio
Publishing date: 21 December 2011
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Hungary
VIENNA, 21 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed a Constitutional Court decision that declared unconstitutional several key provisions of Hungary’s 2010 media law. At the same time she expressed concern over the silencing of an independent political talk and news radio in Budapest...
OSCE media representative expresses concern over plans to criminalize genocide denial in France
Publishing date: 22 December 2011
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: France
VIENNA, 22 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over the approval by the lower chamber of France’s Parliament of a draft bill that aims at criminalizing public statements denying genocides...
OSCE media representative welcomes release of Azerbaijani social media activist
Publishing date: 27 December 2011
What we do: Media freedom on the internet, Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 27 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the pardoning of Facebook activist Jabbar Savalan in Azerbaijan...